Ready to dominate the lands of Westeros with villages and keeps, while squeezing every penny from your rivals with Game of Thrones Monopoly?
Photograph: HBO

Winter is coming. Get your houses prepped, your hotels built and your lands in order – Game of Thrones Monopoly is almost here.

The perennial property game that either annoys or excites legions every Christmas with its almost endless toil of collecting rent and fighting off the housing inspector, is getting a very blood thirsty spin.

HBO announced that Game of Thrones Monopoly will be available later this year in the US costing $60. A UK release and price has yet to be released.

Players will be able to snap up Craster’s Keep (Old Kent Road) and the Fist of the First Men (Whitechapel) for a song, or collect the debts of the landed gentry in King’s Landing (Mayfair) for the cost of an Iron Throne.

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Smart money will be on the families and their bannermen, of course, although what they’ve got to do with train stations is anyone’s guess. And we’ll gloss over the fact that free parking is a bit redundant without the humble automobile.

Which piece will you play as? The White Walker has to win, surely? Photograph: HBO

“Vie to hold dominion over the realms of men in the Game of Thrones Collector’s Edition of Monopoly,” said HBO. “Featuring infamous locations from the original dramatic television series, including Castle Black, Winterfell and King’s Landing, players will buy, sell and trade their way to sit atop the Iron Throne.”

Playing pieces will include a dragon egg, a three-eyed raven, a white walker, a direwolf, a crown and the Iron Throne. Villages and keeps replace the iconic green houses and red hotels.

While the family favourite is suitable for ages eight and up, the slightly more war, death and violence-saturated Game of Thrones edition carries a recommended age of over 18, in line with the TV show.